Coronavirus Hot Spots: The 50 Mass. Communities With the Highest Rates of Cases

For the sixth straight week, the state Department of Public Health released a breakdown of the total number of coronavirus cases in each Massachusetts city and town.

Health officials also released data showing which communities had the highest rate of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people from Jan. 1 through May 13.

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Below is a list of the 50 Massachusetts communities with the highest rates of positive COVID-19 cases right now:

Community	Number of cases	Rate of cases
Chelsea	2,598	6,897.72
Brockton	3,773	3,840.27
Lynn	3,117	3,089.1
Lawrence	2,681	3,040.51
Everett	1,474	3,036.9
Randolph	864	2,524.91
Revere	1,506	2,472.24
Danvers	643	2,251.73
Worcester	4,299	2,240.6
Lowell	2,457	2,102.54
Stoughton	557	2,013.92
Framingham	1,493	2,004.93
Milford	575	1,962.24
Braintree	754	1,915.66
Marlborough	829	1,908.42
Shirley	158	1,874.46
Holyoke	764	1,854.17
Boston	12,629	1,817.2
Topsfield	106	1,813.85
Tewksbury	543	1,763.52
Norwood	513	1,703.63
Westborough	319	1,693.01
Saugus	480	1,688.63
West Bridgewater	120	1,655.74
Haverhill	1,066	1,618.94
Wrentham	182	1,614.27
Waltham	1,071	1,606.67
New Bedford	1,583	1,590.07
Peabody	877	1,572.65
Northbridge	281	1,562.47
Holbrook	176	1,558.21
Bedford	232	1,557.42
Malden	1,053	1,554.16
Methuen	827	1,544.32
Stoneham	342	1,533.36
Avon	67	1,529.44
Medford	922	1,516.09
Fitchburg	631	1,496.94
Taunton	854	1,490.95
Agawam	423	1,478.8
Raynham	218	1,459.46
Rockland	262	1,452.61
East Longmeadow	238	1,407.08
Northborough	192	1,402.4
Middleton	144	1,395.44
Springfield	2,186	1,380.63
Millbury	184	1,347.29
Wilbraham	195	1,340.9
Beverly	542	1,316.6
Dracut	422	1,306.29

Rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people (Jan. 1-May 20, 2020)

Most of these communities appeared on last week's list as well. Here is a closer look at that list, which was the third town-by-town breakdown released by the state.